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Old 08-05-2006 | 12:41 PM
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Ryan Campbell
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you may be looking too hard. deer generally do not wear out the ground and make deep trails the way cattle do. they will follow a pattern and will travel to food and water on trails but they do not always migrate back and forth the exact same way.
Check fences for areas where the deer cross and check establishes roads for tracks. Deer will sometime use extablished trails.
You should probably get out there at the times when you will be hunting and sit and watch how the game move. Watch the direction they are coming from, the direction they are moving, the sex of the deer, age etc.
Younger bucks may be moving with does but the older ones wont be unless they are rutting.
There is no substitute for time spent in the woods, no amount of reading magazines or watching shows on tv can replace the time you log in where you are hunting. Good luck.
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